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CHAPTER XXIII
_Laws against_ evil-speaking, 1.
_Against_ bad company, 2.
_Against_ partiality, 3.
_Laws commanding acts of_ kindness _and_ humanity, 4, 5.
_Against_ oppression, 6.
_Against_ unri...
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These four commands, addressed to the conscience, are illustrations of
the ninth commandment, mainly in reference to the giving of evidence
in legal causes. Compare 1 Kings 21:10; Acts 6:11.
Exodus 2...
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CHAPTER 23 FURTHER JUDGMENTS AND DIRECTIONS
_ 1. Concerning unrighteous dealings of various kinds (Exodus 23:1)_
2. Concerning the seventh year (Exodus 23:10)
3. Concerning the three feasts (Exodus...
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EXODUS 23:1 R. JUSTICE. Form and substance also separate _this_ group
from the Judgments and ally it with the Words of Yahweh in the
Covenant Book. Circulating groundless reports (Exodus 23:1_ a_),
co...
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RAISE. utter, or take up. Same as Exodus 20:7.
THE WICKED. a wicked one. Hebrew. _rash. a._ App-44....
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Veracity and impartiality to be observed, especially in giving
evidence in a court of law. Cf. (in H) Leviticus 19:15-18.
1A. A groundless report not to be given currency as might readily
happen, for...
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Exodus 20:22 to Exodus 23:33
_The Book of the Covenant_
The -Book of the Covenant" (see Exodus 24:7 in explanation of the
name) is the oldest piece of Hebrew legislation that we possess. The
laws co...
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THOU SHALT NOT RAISE A FALSE REPORT, &C.— There is an ambiguity in
the word תשׂא _tissa,_ which signifies no less _to spread_ false
reports, than _to give credit_ to them when spread. Houbigant prefer...
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THE TEXT OF EXODUS
TRANSLATION
23 THOU SHALT NOT TAKE UP A FALSE REPORT: PUT NOT THY HAND WITH THE
WICKED TO BE AN UNRIGHTEOUS WITNESS. (2) THOU SHALT NOT FOLLOW A
MULTITUDE TO DO EVIL; NEITHER SHALT...
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_THOU SHALT NOT RAISE A FALSE REPORT: PUT NOT THINE HAND WITH THE
WICKED TO BE AN UNRIGHTEOUS WITNESS._
Thou shalt not raise a false report, х_ LO'_ (H3808) _ TISAA'_
(H5375)] - Thou shalt not take u...
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23:1 accept (c-4) Others, 'raise.' to (d-12) Or 'unite not with.'
witness. (e-19) Lit. 'a witness of violence.'...
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RAISE] RV 'take up,' i.e. give ear to. This is an extension of the
ninth commandment: cp. the Arabic proverb, 'In wickedness the listener
is the ally of the speaker.'...
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THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT (CONCLUDED)
1-19. Miscellaneous Laws....
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EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION
GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES
EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 23
LAWS ABOUT HOW TO BE FAIR AND HOW TO BE KIND – VERSES 1-9
V1 Th...
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Thou shalt not raise a false report. — The LXX. and Vulg. Translate,
“Thou shalt not _receive_ a false report” — _i.e.,_ give it
credit, accept it as true, and act upon it. This meaning accords well
w...
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XXIII.
(1-19) The “miscellaneous laws” are here continued. From Exodus
23:1 to Exodus 23:9 no kind of sequence in the laws can be traced;
from Exodus 23:10 to the first clause of...
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לֹ֥א תִשָּׂ֖א שֵׁ֣מַע שָׁ֑וְא אַל
־תָּ֤שֶׁת י
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THE LESSER LAW.
Exodus 20:18 - Exodus 23:33.
With the close of the Decalogue and its universal obligations, we
approach a brief code of laws, purely Hebrew, but of the deepest moral
interest, confes...
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CHAPTER XXII.
_ THE LESSER LAW (continued)._
PART IV.
Exodus 22:16 - Exodus 23:19.
The Fourth section of this law within the law consists of enactments,
curiously disconnected, many of them withou...
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LAWS OF CONDUCT AND WORSHIP
Exodus 23:1
We may apply these various precepts to our own hearts. Many of them
breathe the very spirit of Christ. We must watch our speech, so that
no man's character may...
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The enactments now recorded have to do with the administration of
justice. A study of them reveals that true justice is always merciful
and yet makes sterner demand than any moral code of laws. The di...
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_Lie, by countenancing calumny. Judges must never do any thing which
they know to be unjust, whatever the witnesses may assert. The person
who speaks against his neighbour, would injure him, if he had...
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CONTENTS
This Chapter, like the two before it, contains an explanation in
detail of the law given on Mount Sinai. The precepts against false
witness, and false judgment, are enlarged upon: those rela...
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"In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out
of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of
Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...
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1._Thou shalt not receive _(margin) _a false report_. It might also be
translated, Thou shalt not _raise_, or _stir up_: and, if this be
preferred, God forbids us to invent calumnies; but, if we read,...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23.
But having thus terminated the course of grace, the scene changes
entirely. They do not keep the feast on the mountain, whither God, as
He had...
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THOU SHALT NOT RAISE A FALSE REPORT,.... Of a neighbour, or of any man
whatever, either secretly by private slanders, whispers, backbiting
and tale bearing, by innuendos, detracting from his good name...
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Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the
wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Ver. 1. _Thou shalt not raise._] Neither raise nor receive it;
neither be the tale bearer nor tal...
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_Thou shalt not raise_ Or, _receive_, as the margin reads it, and as
the Hebrew תשׂא _, tissa_, also signifies, or, _give credit to a
false report._ Sometimes the _receiver_, in this case, is as bad a...
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1 Of slander and false witnesse. 3.6 Of iustice.
4 Of charitablenesse.
10 Of the yeere of rest.
12 Of the Sabbath.
13 Of idolatrie.
14 Of the three feasts.
18 Of the blood and the fat of the sac...
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Thou shalt not raise a false report, undertake to testify of a promise
or agreement which was not heard with your own ears. PUT NOT THINE
HAND WITH THE WICKED TO BE AN UNRIGHTEOUS WITNESS, to charge y...
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FURTHER ORDINANCES REGARDING SOCIAL RELATIONS...
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C. FIRST FORM OF THE LAW OF THE POLITICAL COMMONWEALTH
Exodus 21:1 to Exodus 23:33
_a. Right of Personal Freedom (according to Bertheau, ten in number)_
1Now these _are_ the judgments [ordinances] w...
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INSISTENCE ON HONESTY
(vs.1-9)
Consistently with the language of law, the question of honesty is
looked at from a negative viewpoint, that is, emphasizing what one
should not do. How easily one may c...
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RAISE:
Or, receive...
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1-9 In the law of Moses are very plain marks of sound moral feeling,
and of true political wisdom. Every thing in it is suited to the
desired and avowed object, the worship of one only God, and the
se...
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EXODUS CHAPTER 23 False witness and report forbidden, EXODUS 23:1.
Right must not be wrested, EXODUS 23:2. He commands man to do good to
his enemies, EXODUS 23:3. Bribes are forbidden,...
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The study of this section of our book is eminently calculated to
impress the heart with a sense d God's unsearchable wisdom and
infinite goodness. It enables one to form some idea of the character
of...
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Exodus 23:1 circulate H5375 (H8799) false H7723 report H8088 put H7896
(H8799) hand H3027 wicked H7563 unrighteous...
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EXPANSION OF THE TEN WORDS OF THE COVENANT (EXODUS 20:22 TO EXODUS
23:33).
In this section, which is composed of elements put together mainly in
chiastic form (see later), Yahweh expands on the Ten W...
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REGULATIONS CONCERNING BEHAVIOUR TO ONE'S NEIGHBOUR (EXODUS 23:1).
There is an interesting pattern to the following verses. (Compare
Exodus 23:1 with Exodus 23:7;...
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Exodus 23:1. _Put not thine hand with the wicked,_ do not conspire or
agree with them.
Exodus 23:3. _Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man._ The meaning
of this and the former verse is, there sha...
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_Thou shalt not raise a false report._
SLANDER CHARACTERIZED, PROHIBITED, AND PUNISHED
I. Slander is characterized.
1. Originating a false report. It may be from--
(1) Envy.
(2) Carelessness.
(3...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Exodus 23:1 Thou shalt not raise] = _TISSA_, FROM THE INF. _NAPA_, IN
ITS SIMPLE SENSE, “to carry,” and in its ethical, “to bear about
in the heart.” Hence _tissa_ is a pregnant word...
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THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT.—_Continued_.
EXPOSITION
EXODUS 23:1
MISCELLANEOUS LAWS—_continued_. The same want of logical
arrangement appears in this chapter as in the preceding one. The first
nine ve...
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Thou shalt not raise a false report: [perjury] to put your hand with
the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. [In other words, conspiracy
in perjury.] Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; [Yo...
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shalt not Exodus 23:7 Exodus 20:16 Leviticus 19:16 2 Samuel 16:3 2
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Thou shalt not raise, the margin reads, Thou shalt not receive a false
report, for sometimes the receiver in this case is as bad as the
thief; and a backbiting tongue would not do so much mischief, if...